bølle
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Danish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *bulljō, from Proto-Indo-European *bhljā (“testicle”), probably because of the similarity of the berry to testicles.[1]
Noun[edit]
bølle
- bog bilberry (bush)
Declension[edit]
Declension of bølle
Etymology 2[edit]
Coined in 1885, from a gang called bøllesjakket, which took its name from its haunt, Bøllemosen (situated north of Copenhagen), which is in turn named after the plant bølle (etymology 1).[2] Unrelated to English bully.
Noun[edit]
bølle
Declension[edit]
Declension of bølle
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “bølle1” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “bølle2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Danish name Bøllemose, a place where a band of misbehaving boys from Copenhagen would hang out. Term coined in 1885. Unrelated to English bully.
Noun[edit]
bølle f or m (definite singular bølla or bøllen, indefinite plural bøller, definite plural bøllene)
- brute; a brutish person
- rascal; a trickster, troublemaker.
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
bølle (present tense bøller, past tense bølla or bøllet, past participle bølla or bøllet)
References[edit]
- “bølle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Categories:
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Danish
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- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders
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